### VMware

- SAML token delegation (required for Zones support in vSphere) is now supported ([#78876](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/78876), [@dougm](https://github.com/dougm))
- vSphere SAML token auth is now supported when using Zones ([#75515](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/75515), [@dougm](https://github.com/dougm))

- The sample-apiserver aggregated conformance test has updated to use the Kubernetes v1.17.0 sample apiserver ([#84735](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/84735), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG API Machinery, Architecture, CLI and Testing]

*   An example CRD controller has been added, at [github.com/kubernetes/sample-controller](https://github.com/kubernetes/sample-controller). ([#52753](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/52753),[ @munnerz](https://github.com/munnerz))

- Improve CPU sample sanitization in HPA by taking metric's freshness into account. ([#68068](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68068), [@krzysztof-jastrzebski](https://github.com/krzysztof-jastrzebski))

CSI was first introduction as alpha in Kubernetes v1.9 and moved to beta in Kubernetes v1.10.

You can find a list of sample and production drivers in the [CSI Documentation](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/volumes/#csi).

- Kubelet could be run with no Azure identity without subscriptionId configured now.
  A sample cloud provider configure is: '{"vmType": "vmss", "useInstanceMetadata": true}'. ([#81500](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81500), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))

This release also contains a number of bug fixes to the feature set. Aspiring plugin authors can look at [sample-exec-plugin](https://github.com/ankeesler/sample-exec-plugin) as a way to get started.

- Fixed recursive LIST from watch cache returning object matching key. ([#125584](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/125584), [@serathius](https://github.com/serathius)) [SIG API Machinery and Testing]
- Fixed sample-cli-plugin help text to be consistent and always use `kubectl ns`. ([#125641](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/125641), [@nirs](https://github.com/nirs))

  - `priority_level_seat_count_samples` is replaced with `priority_level_seat_utilization`, which samples every nanosecond rather than every millisecond; the old metric conveyed utilization despite its name.
  - `priority_level_seat_count_watermarks` is removed.
  - `priority_level_request_count_samples` is replaced with `priority_level_request_utilization`, which samples every nanosecond rather than every millisecond; the old metric conveyed utilization despite its name.

- go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace: v1.10.0
- gopkg.in/ini.v1: v1.51.0
- gopkg.in/resty.v1: v1.12.0
- rsc.io/binaryregexp: v0.2.0
- rsc.io/quote/v3: v3.1.0
- rsc.io/sampler: v1.3.0

### Changed
- dmitri.shuralyov.com/gpu/mtl: 28db891 → 666a987
- github.com/antlr/antlr4/runtime/Go/antlr: [f25a4f6 → v1.4.10](https://github.com/antlr/antlr4/runtime/Go/antlr/compare/f25a4f6...v1.4.10)